Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I'm from around the central part of Illinois about 20 minutes from Peoria, and I was just wonderin what people had been seein so far.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

Not seeing too many yet. A few small bucks I had too pass on (QDM) and one small doe. Gonna give it a rest tommorow (been out last 2 days) and try again Sunday, it supposed to be cooler.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

Hey DeerHuntin04, I have been seeing some does and button bucks. But not anything very large.

I go turkey hunting in your part of the woods. Just west of town about 3 miles or so. I would love to go deer hunting there, but that is just too far to drive every weekend. How have you been doing over there?

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RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

Well im up here in the Northern part of Illinois and so far things have been going nuts.......

Opening day i saw 19 deer, 8 different bucks. Last Sat i watched a basket rack 8 chase a doe around the beanfield. Another 8 point (that i have passed up 6 times so far) made a scrape about 15 yards from my stand.
Monday i had to take my son to boyscouts so my father sat in my stand. He took a real nice 8 point that dressed out at 200 pounds. At 62 years old he still gets excited and i love seeing it. He saw 29 deer, and 15 bucks that night when he took his.
Tonight its very warm and i saw 3 small bucks and 1 doe. Hoping this weather front moving in will get them moving again.

I have never seen this many deer ever on this farm im hunting. Not sure where they are coming from but im enjoying it while it lasts. I have seen 3 bucks that would make P&Y so far and i have never seen this before November around here. I have a game camera out there too so i hope theres some good pictures.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

Not much going on in my neck of the woods yet (Knox County). I've only been out a couple of times, but there's still a lot of corn still in the fields. I'll definitely be in a stand tonight and tomorrow morning. Should be some action with this cold front moving through.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

Im from the decatur area (Macon county) .So far there has been a lot of activity here as far as does are concerned.About three nights ago I saw a button buck chasing the heck out of the same group of does .Nothing large seems to be movin here yet ,but that will change soon !!!

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I saw 5 different bucks traveling solo while hunting in brown county in the last 3 days, and plenty of does and fawns moving also.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

Sat. night was my first time out (JoDaviess County) and I saw a real nice 9 pointer. Easily Pope & Young class. Never got closer than about 45 yards though. He was just meandering around and feeding on acorns. Not in a big hurry to go anywhere.

Sunday morning I saw 8 does, two of which I passed on broadside 15 yard shots.

Sunday evening (back home in Lake County) I saw 4 does but they winded me before I could get a shot.

My dad saw a ton of does moving Saturday night in JoDaviess County but no bucks.

There are a FEW rubs here and there, but not many as of yet. Hopefully the action will start picking up in a week or two.

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RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I'm just startin to see a nice amount of deer here in Peoria County. The first week wasn't the best, because I think it was a bit warm yet but its startin to cool off now, and its showin good results thus far. I took a decent 8 pointer Saturday morning here, and thats been about it.
Saw 1 huge buck Monday afternoon when I was with my dad combining soybeans, and thats been about the only big buck I've saw all year.
Where have most people been sittin at when they've been huntin? I've been hunting mostly the field edges so far, and just curious as to what you guys have been seein ur deer at.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I hunt in Macoupin County. Monday, the only day I've been out this year, I stuck a 6 pointer. I meat hunt without the ability to go often so waiting for that big boy is not an option for me. Anyway, I saw a total of 11 deer that day. Now that another cold front is here, I'm going to go again tomorrow morning. Hopefully they will be moving again. Good luck all.

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I was hunting a ridge overlooking a funnel and a bedding area with a crp field at my back.This is a new stand sight that I had not hunted yet. It was raining.I had a doe and a fawn with a 4 pointer and a 8 pointer walking the woods edge about 20 yards from me after only 20 min in this stand. Around 5pm I saw antlers in the bedding area and noticed a huge racked buck and he was with a doe. The doe would put her head down and streched out with her ears back and trot away from the buck and he would run after her. I later had a small spike with a nicer buck following him approach the stand the spike turned and walked toward the larger buck, the larger buck flipped his head and kindof jerked forward as to tell the spike ( stay away). When I left I saw a buck out in the cut corn field with 7 does feeding.Found 3 fresh scrapes in the funnel and a rub within 23 yards of the stand. Its looking good in Illinois . I already filled both of my buck tags and now all Im seeing is bucks everywhere. GO FIGURE!

RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I'm up here in Norhern IL also.Ive been seeing lot of deer.Several 6-8 ptrs.Just a couple of shooter bucks.If i can get them in closer.Just had two smaller bucks come in this morning to rattling and grunting.So it's heating up

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RE: Much Action In Illinois Yet?
 

I went out again tonight to the same stand above the funnel and bedding area. I sat for about an hour and heard deer coming running on the left side of the bedding area, well sure enough it was a doe with a fawn with a buck chasing them and the werent trotting along they were flat out running. I had a 8pt come walking up the funnel at about 5:00pm and if I had a buck tag I could of taken him at 23 yards. I did lay down some esterous scent but I got no reaction out of the buck with it, he just kept on walking up the draw. I originally was going for turkeys in the cut cornfield but after a 15min walk from the parking spot I looked back to see 24 turkeys in the top cut corn field, right across from where I had parked! <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle>So I gave up the turkey hunt and opted for a doe hunt.The only doe that came into range was a small yearling that wasnt what I was looking for. I cant wait till next week, the hubby starts 2 weeks of vaction and I cant wait to get him in some of these stands, so he can harvest a good buck ,that I can only watch.